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J. FORD GAME. APPLICATION.FILED OCT. :9. 1920.

1,378,018, Patented May 17, 1921.

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I GAME Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 29, 1920. .Serial No. 420,508.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known'that I, PATRICK J. FORD, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in game apparatus.

An important object of the invention is to provide a game apparatus, embodying a game-board and pieces to be played thereon,

- the starting position of the pieces being de-' pendent upon the date of birth of the player.

A further object of the invention is to provide a game apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is interesting to play, and which may be easily played without previous experience.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a game-board embodying my invention,

' Fig. 2 is a similar view of the player pieces.

In the drawings, the numeral 5 designates a board, which may be formed of suitably stiff and heavy cardboard or the like, having its upper surface preferably covered in light green, while the invention is in no sense restricted to this color.

' Elliptical frames 6 are printed or otherwise formed upon the upper surface of the board 5, forming an elliptical space 7, within which are arranged and printed circular spaces 8. The spaces 8 are designated Days and are numbered consecutively from 1 to 31, inclusive. The day spaces are preferably red, to be readily distinguished.

Within the elliptical frame 6 is an inner frame 9 and outer frames 10. Formed within the outer frames 10 are month spaces 11, which are preferably formed blue. The month spaces 11 are preferably designated 1 to 12, inclusive, consecutively, andare also preferably designated by the name of the month.

Within the frame 9 are year spaces 12, which may be white, and numbered, as shown. .1

In Fig. 2, the numeral 13 designates the day pieces, 14: the month pieces and 15 the year pieces.

In playing the game, from 2 to 10 people A set of player pieces may participate. embodies 31 pieces 13, 12 pieces 14, and'lO pieces 15. A complete set of player pieces is employed for each player, and the sets of I player pieces are thoroughly shufiled and dealt to the players, until each has received Patented May 17, i921.

the same number. Each player "writes his name and date of birth upon the graphite section or tablet 16, by means of a suitable pencil. After the date of birth is announced, the superfluous year pieces held by each player may be discarded. Assuming that five players are playing, any one gives the date birth, and that party becomes the dealer of the pieces, and the dealer has the first play, the play continuing around to the left. Assuming that the date of birth announced is February 16, 1919. The dealer plays first and lays down player piece '15 marked 1, the player piece 15 marked 9,

player piece 15 marked 1 and then player It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention, or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus claim I 1. A game apparatus of the character described, comprising a board being provided upon its upper surface with day spaces consecutively numbered, month spaces consecutively numbered, and year spaces, in combination with consecutively numbered day described my invention, Iv

pieces, consecutively numbered month pieces and year pieces.

2. A game apparatus of the character described, comprising a board being provided upon its upper surface with colored day spaces consecutively numbered, month spaces of different color from the day spaces and consecutively numbered, and year spaces of diflerent color than the day and month spaces, in combination with day pieces consecutively numbered and having the same color as the day spaces, month pieces consecutively numbered and having the same 10 color as the month spaces, and year pieces having the same color as the year spaces.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

PATRICK J. FORD. Witnesses:

F. C(Fono, S. H. VANCE. 

